11:53 am, June 19, 2026
Electric vehicles were the fastest selling used cars in June, according to new data released today.
Indicata’s used car market data showed that the UK’s top three fastest selling cars so far in June were all electric vehicles – with the Tesla Model 3, VW ID5 and Cupra Born topping the charts.
This was echoed in Autotrader’s data where, although a petrol-hybrid topped its fastest selling list for June, six of the top 10 were electric cars.
EVs sold on the platform are selling in an average of 25 days, ahead of petrol at 29 days, diesel at 33 days and outperforming the wider used car market at 30 days.
Autotrader saw EV prices were flat year-on-year at 0.0% in May, and added that this was the first time EV pricing hadn’t been negative since December 2022.
The fastest-selling cars on Autotrader this month were the MG ZS petrol hybrid, Kia Niro electric and MG4 electric. All ten cars on the list were three to five years old, except for the MG ZS at one to three years, and all sold in 20 days or less on average.
Top 10 fastest-selling used cars (June 2026)
- MG ZS (1-3 years, hybrid) – 10 days
- Kia Niro (3-5 years, electric) – 12 days
- MG4 (3-5 years, electric) – 13 days
- Polestar 2 (3-5 years, electric) – 16 days
- Volkswagen ID.4 (3-5 years, electric) – 19 days
- Ford Kuga (3-5 years, plug-in hybrid) – 19 days
- Hyundai Kona (3-5 years, electric) – 19 days
- Volkswagen ID.3 (3-5 years, electric) – 19.5 days
- Kia Sportage (3-5 years, petrol) – 20 days
- Renault Arkana (3-5 years, hybrid) – 20 days
Indicata’s data, which looks at valuations and sales data across the UK, found that electric car prices are now 11% lower than they were in January 2024 but have stayed flat since July 2025 and not risen at all in 2026.
It added that electric cars accounted for just over 10% of all car sales in June .
Indicata calculates its Market Day’s Supply figure based on the volume of cars available to buy and divides it by the average daily sales rate. For electric cars in the UK this was 35 days – lower than any of the 16 countries it analyses.
Dean Merritt, Indicata UK’s national retail strategy manager, said: ‘Our MarketPlace online portal continues to see strong demand for used EVs, but high sales have thinned out available stock in the past couple of months.
‘More used EVs taken in part exchange are now being retailed rather than traded with consumers and dealers very positive about stocking and in turn buying used EVs.
He added: ‘Now that the Middle East conflict is showing signs of calming down it will be interesting to see if the demand for used EVs continues or slow down as ICE fuel prices gradually get back to normal.
‘Whatever happens there has been a step change in the perception of EVs over the past few months which has been very positive, at a time when the volume of used vehicles hitting the market continues to rise.’
Marc Palmer, head of strategy and insights at Autotrader, commented on the data: ‘There’s understandably a lot of focus on new EVs and the ZEV mandate, but the used market has a critical role to play in making the electric transition work for more drivers and in keeping new EVs affordable through robust residual values.
‘What we’re seeing in the data is encouraging: used EVs, particularly those in the 3-5-year sweet spot, are selling quickly because they’re hitting the right balance of choice, value and affordability.
‘We’re moving in the right direction and for the first time we’re seeing many of the key used EV market metrics all in the positive.’
